"It's dangerous to be a child star, but it's dangerous to be a child in the ghetto, or to be a child at school being bullied."

“I don't fake my music. If I want to be known for anything it's for creating honest music. Noting is fake or will ever be fake about the lyrics and pain in my music. My music I live it.”

Source : "K. Michelle "Jumps In The Mix"". Interview With Nathan Slavik, djbooth.net. October 22, 2009.

“Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. Give yourself all the good and interesting qualities you want and haven't got. If you should die young, what comfort would it be to your relatives to read the truth and have to say: It is not a pearl we have lost, but a swine?”

Source : Rosamond Lehmann (2012). “Invitation To The Waltz”, p.55, Hachette UK

“Once the storm comes out, the landscape changes. What you had before is altered in some way. And you have a choice: build something new and better from what is left or abandon it.”

“I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.”

“I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Bad movies are when people go, 'oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.'”

“I just think that Kimbo [Slice] in the future could be a great fighter. He's got the look and obviously he's got the marketability but skill-wise he really hasn't gotten an opportunity to settle in and develop on his skills.”

Source : Source: fiveouncesofpain.com

“Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.”

Source : Nancy Kress (2004). “Dynamic Characters”, p.159, Writer's Digest Books